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When you stop shaking down your competitors with software patents, let me know. Until then, your talk about openness is just talk. Extracting settlements from a
by charleslmunger 13y ago
When you stop shaking down your competitors with software patents, let me know. Until then, your talk about openness is just talk. Extracting settlements from android OEMs over FAT patents is contrary to all the values you've mentioned in this post.
- shanselman 13y agoI agree. I don't know anything about that part of the company, though. I work on the web.
- yuhong 13y agoI hope it is on Satya's list. I have several other items on my wishlist too such as fixing the OOXML fiasco. I just realized that Office for Windows don't use the "Open XML" term that much inside the software.
- charleslmunger 13y agoUnfortunately, that part of the company is still part of your company. And it's a big, visible part. Because of MS's transgressions in the past, you don't get the benefit of the doubt from younger devs. Because you're still behaving like jerks with patents, younger devs know that the company hasn't changed. Microsoft is still extracting software patent royalties from android OEMs this very minute - that's not anyone's pappy, and it's not a vendor overreaching. It's a calculated, evil decision by the highest levels of management.
- IBM 13y agoNo it really isn't. They need to pay for a license or not infringe on the patents.
- charleslmunger 13y agoYou nearly had me, until I saw your username. Well played.
- ZeroGravitas 13y ago"I didn't kill your Pappy, but my brother is severely wounding your sisters".